The Composition & Music Theory programs at Boston University provide learning opportunities for students to gain a broad knowledge of contemporary and historical compositional practices, and a mastery of analytical techniques for tonal and post-tonal music. Studying with composers and theorists who are significant figures in the musical life of Boston, the programs prepare students for meaningful careers as composers, theorists, teachers, and academics.
Degrees Offered
Featured Faculty
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Vartan Aghababian
Lecturer in Music, Composition and Music Theory
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Martin Amlin
Mildred P. Gilfillan Professor of Music; Associate Director, Center for New Music; Senior Director, Young Artists Composition Program, BU Tanglewood Institute
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Deborah Burton
Associate Professor, Music
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Justin Casinghino
Lecturer in Music, Composition and Theory; Director, Electroacoustic Composition Workshop and Young Artists Composition Program, BUTI
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Yotam Haber
Associate Professor of Music, Composition & Music Theory; Director, Center for New Music
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Igor Iwanek
Lecturer in Music, Music Theory
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David Kopp
Associate Professor of Music, Composition and Music Theory
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Rodney Lister
Senior Lecturer, Composition and Music Theory
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Ketty Nez
Associate Professor, Composition and Theory
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Andrew Smith
Lecturer in Music, Composition and Music Theory
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Jeremy Van Buskirk
Lecturer, Composition
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Steven Weigt
Senior Lecturer of Music, Composition and Music Theory
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Jason Yust
Professor of Music, Music Theory, School of Music
For a Century, Puccini’s Last Opera Has Gone Without a True Ending. A BU Musicologist Gave It One.
Using the Italian composer’s deathbed notes, Deborah Burton, CFA associate professor of music, pieced together a finale to Turandot and premiered it in Italy
BU alums Missy Mazzoli and Valerie Coleman in conversation
Two of today’s top composers – and alums of both BU School of Music and BU Tanglewood Institute – discuss the privacy of composing, and the vulnerability of performing.
